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First contribution to our Spring/Summer mix series by LA's very own, @suzannekraft . Check out our short interview with him on our website! https://www.homagebrewing.com/spring-summer-mix-series

Homage Mix Series: Suzanne Kraft - 001

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M August - Shades of Love

Please meet London based DJ and producer, former Cafe Del Mar resident, and our long time close friend Phil Mison (@cantomamusic). Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: Hi Phil, many know you as one of the DJ's who has played all the best sunset spots across the globe. How did your summer look this year, still been scoring sunsets here and there?

PM: My summer was great. I travelled to Amsterdam, Cork, Copenhagen and Barcelona and had some nice gigs in the UK. My friend Deke has opened a bar on the seafront in Margate, you get pretty epic sunsets down there. I played a few records one evening and managed to fit in a few old cafe classics as the sun disappeared into the sea. 

MFM: Please tell us a bit about how it all started for you?

PM: I grew up in the 70’s, so there were quite a few different influences. David Bowie ‘Life On Mars’ was an early memory, and I was obsessed with Blondie. Parallel lines was the first album I bought. Later it was Northern Soul, Electro, nothing really that mellow! In 87 I met a couple of people who were really into House. I started going to groove records in soho to buy records like Adonis - No Way Back, Ten City - Devotion. Then as 88 rolled around I got into the more Balearic side of things. Later in 89 I’d pop into Reckless Records for second hand stuff and started to browse the New Age section where I got things like Kitaro  ‘Tunhuang’ and Paul Greaver ‘Joy’. Those records were the starting point really. 

MFM: DJing in clubs to make people dance never really attracted you?

PM: I’d say pretty much most of my DJing has been in clubs. I started at the Milk Bar in Soho in 1992 after giving Darren Emerson a tape. Even though I was doing the warm up and playing mellow stuff at the beginning, you had to build it up to a full dance floor by the end. In 1996 and 2000 I was the tour DJ for Lefttfield, playing in front of 1000 odd people. ‘Just get it going before we come on!’ Alongside Ross Allen and Rob Da Bank, I was resident at Bar Rhumba for our Next Level night in 1997. It lasted a year and we opened with Harvey and closed with Andrew Weatherall. I Have to mention Moonboots and Jason Boardman’s night Aficionado too. I always enjoyed playing to a dancefloor there, they’ve kept the Balearic flag flying since 1998. 

MFM: At what point did you got into making music on your own? 

PM: I’d worked on a project for Kenneth Bager in 1994. Then later on he started his Music For Dreams Label, and asked me if I would be interested in making an album.  So the first Cantoma album was started in Copenhagen in 1999, and finished in London in 2003. 

MFM: How do you come up with a new song, is there a certain Phil Mison way to it? Do you write the parts for the musicians?

PM: It usually starts with an idea that pops into my head. Sometimes a memory or travelling will get a melody going, and I’ll sometimes hum it into my phone and use that as a starting point. Ive worked with Engineer/Producer Robin Twelftree on all the Cantoma albums. I’ll go into Robin’s studio and usually start with some basic keyboards, then I’ll play a bassline in. I’ll take the demos away and think about what would work on the tracks. For some musicians the music is written down. Ive worked with Robin Lee from Faze Action on a few Cantoma tunes, and he usually transcribes my basic melodies onto sheet music. Other times I’ll play the melodies on a keyboard or hum the tunes for the musicians to follow along to. On some tracks I’ll write the lyrics too and get a singer to record on a track. There’s a lot of going back and forth until I’m happy with the final cut. The music rarely ends up sounding like the first version.

MFM: Making a mix must have been a piece of cake for you :) What is this mix like?

PM: I went back through my 92-94 selection and picked a selection of the lesser played records. Memories of magic times at the Milk Bar and warm summer evenings at the Cafe del mar.

MFM Mix 044: Phil Mison

The big papa behind Australias carefully curated “Under the Apricot Tree” series, blessed us with an hour of heaters to help keep us warm during the cold days to come 🌬️😌🍵

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New mix by israeli digger https://soundcloud.com/archivedigital

A Kwaito and 90's south African housespecial !

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061022 restaurant recording by norm (@bayetecontact & @memorabiliarecords)

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Man of many hats and immaculate taste maestro Breixo Martínez on a 90 min dip through 100% Spanish productions spanning downtempo, streetsoul & balearic burners to house and bulk UFOs. Check his label or regular radio transmissions @canelaensurcorecords for hours of inspiration. 

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1800 triiip - Breixo Martínez - Mix 051

For Merchant's 13th edition of the podcast they welcome a live recording from Brilliant Corners from masterful collector Ilan. Ilan said that the mix 'holds some very special memories - by far the most enjoyable set I've played so far.'

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Serving up magic mix number sixty seven is Savlar - @desertislanddisco-savlar

Will's originally from the UK but with a taste for Mediterranean climates he brings us this next mix from his home in Lisbon. 1/3 of the @desert-island-disco crew whom last year made their debut festival appearance at the grass roots Westival in Wales & pushed out a release on Mister T records.

Here he serves up a downtempo flow with a heavy ragga punch! Enjoy :)

M a g i c a s t - 0 6 7 🎇 - Savlar (Desert Island Disco)

💕 Love is in the air 💕

And so is the enchanting selection our dearest ChewChew has carefully crafted for all the lovebirds out there! 👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨💏👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩
Whether you're cuddled up with your sweetheart or dreaming of your future flame, this mixtape will definitely set your heart aflutter. Enjoy this 135 minutes full of sweet, soulful tunes that will make you feel the butterflies in your stomach start to dance 🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋

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Suck It Online is the online version of Suck It* with the major difference being that nothing is live because everything is recorded. This recording was made at the 2018 Honcho Summer Campout in Artemas, PA

*For the uninitiated, Suck It is a queer-oriented underground diskotheque slash electronic cabaret based in Detroit, where the people are warm, the drinks are cold, and the music is hot. We are currently on hiatus.

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